Elastic tape mount



Patented Sept. "3, 1935 UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

V a 1 1 2, p13,14 l i f d I X ELAs'ric TAPE MOUNT Henry- F. GoldsmithgElkins Park, Pa. Application May 4, 1933,". Serial No. 669,359 V x 6 Claims. (oi. 206-51) I "My invention comprises aprepared package for elastictape, wherein the tape and its holder is adapted for saleas a single article of manufacture. The object of the invention is to provide a special type of mount adapted, when a spiral coil of elastic tape is mounted thereon, to allow ready inspection of both the merchandise and the descriptive matter on the mount. Another object is to securely hold the coil in packaged relation and to enablerthe mount, after progressive lengths of the tape have been removed there:

from; to retain its holding engagement with the remaining length of tape.

Elastic tape is usually arranged for display and sale by coiling it in the shape of an elongated spiral, commonly called a hank, wrapping a label around the central portion of, the hank and (if desired) enclosing the hank and wrapper within a transparent covering. The descriptive matter is usually printed on the opposite faces and opposites edges of the wrapper, necessitating turning the mounted article into four different positions to read the descriptive matter thereon.

When the wrapper and cover are removed preparatory to cutting off a length of tape for use, there is no means for retaining the hank in its original coiled shape and it becomes uncoiled, ravelled, snarled and tangled. My improved means for packaging wholly obviates these ob- V jections.

Referring to the drawing- Fig. l is a face View of a packaged article embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of a modification.

Fig. 3 is an edge view of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a partial View, similar to Figs. 1 and 2, of another modification.

Referring first to the construction shown in Fig. 1: The tape is wound upon itself to form an elongated spiral, thereby producing a hank a of usual shape. The mount comprises card of a length approximating that of the hank and of a width somewhat greater than the combined thickness of the two opposite reaches of the coil. The card, between its ends, and on opposite sides of its central portion, is provided with two holes I). The hank is inserted endwise through these holes so that its opposite ends overlie one face,

and its central portion underlies the same face, I

parallelplane, and connecting inclined sections d, d in which the holes!) are formed. The holes are of a:widthnot substantially exceeding the combined thickness of the two opposite reaches of the coil.- Due tothe springynature of the A5 elastic itself, the hank exerts a lateral pressure against the; sides of the holes, and opposite ends of the coil automatically expand laterally forming 01381153100138. 'Thereby the hank is securely retained in its adjusted position on the mount. The. descriptive matter is printed on the face of the central section e of the card.

.. When it is desired toremove and use a part of the length of the bank, it is partly uncoiled,

in accordance with printed instructions on the card section e, by pulling upon the centrally positioned end of the tape until the desired 'lengthrof tape has been uncoiled. Due to the elasticity of the tape, the remaining length of a degree, retain their laterally expanded shape,

and the tape will still maintain its mounted relation to the card until only about twenty percent of the tape remains. Since the tape is usually used in lengths approximating fifteen or more percent of the total length of the tape, it will be understood that the mount is adapted to function to hold the tape as long as it is desirable to have it continue to function under the conditions of use at different times of successive fractional lengths thereof.

In Fig. 2 is shown one of a number of possible modifications of the embodiment of the invention shown in Fig. 1. In cutting'out one of the holes b, a tab 1 is left projecting from the contiguous end edge of the central section e, the 40 tab overlying the hole I) and being provided with. a small hole 9, through which the inner free end of the tape is drawn and preferably also slightly twisted, thereby locking such free end to the mount. The tape is uncoiled, as in Fig. 1, by pulling out this free end of the tape until the desired length is withdrawn.

In Fig. 4 is shown a partial view of a modification of, or, more accurately, an addition to, the

structure hereinbefore described. The prepared 5 package is wrapped in a transparent cover or envelope h, through a hole or slot h in which the free end of the hank extends and through tage of keeping the hank soil-proof and dustproof until it is entirely used up.

What I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. A prepared package comprising a card provided with spaced apart holes and an elongated spiral coil of elastic tape extending through said holes, the central portion of the coil underlying, and the-closed ends of the coils overlying, the same face of the card, the width of the holes approximating the total thickness of the intermediate part of the coil which, due to the elasticity of the tape, exerts a lateral pressure against the side edges of the holes.

2. A prepared package comprising a card pro vided with spaced apart holes and an elongated spiral coil of elastic tape extending through said holes, the central portion of the coil underlying, and the closed ends of the coils overlying, the same face of the card, opposite ends of the coils forming open loops whose width substantially exceeds that of the holes, within and between which the central part of the coil is suificiently confined laterally to cause it, where it engages the side edges of the holes, to exert a lateral pressure thereagainst. I

8. A prepared package comprising a card having end sections in the same plane, a central section in a different parallel plane and inclined sections uniting the end sections with the central section, said inclined sections being cut away to form holes, and an elongated spiral coil of elastic tape extending through said holes, said coil comprising a laterally contracted central portion engaging the side edges of the holes and underlying one face of the central section of the card and laterally expanded end loops overlying the same face of the respective end sections of the card.

4. A prepared package comprising a card provided with spaced apart holes and an elongated spiral coil of elastic tape extending through said holes, the central portion of the coil underlying, and the closed ends of the coils overlying, the same face of the card, the width of the holes approximating the total thickness of the intermediate part of the coil which, due to the elasticity of the tape, exerts a lateral pressure against the side edges of the holes, and a tab projecting from the card and provided with a hole through which one free end of the tape extends.

'5. A prepared package comprising a card provided with spaced apart holes, an elongated spiral coil of elastic tape extending through the holes, the central portion of the coil underlying, and

the closed ends of the coil overlying, the same face of the card, the width of the holes approximating the total thickness of the intermediate part ofthe coil which, due to the elasticity of the tape, exerts a lateral pressure against the side edges of the holes, and a transparent wrapper enclosing the elements above specified and through a hole in which an end of the tape extends.

6. A prepared package comprising a card provided with spaced apart holes and an elongated spiral coil of elastic tape extending through said holes, the central portion of the coil underlying, and the closed ends of the coils overlying, the same face of the card, the width of the holes approximating the total thickness of the intermediate part of the coil which, due to the elasticity of the tape, exerts a lateral pressure against the side edges of the holes, whereby successive portions of the tape may be withdrawn from the card while retaining the unused portion of the tape in position on the card.

' HENRY F. GOLDSMITH. 

